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The Defiant - DeFi Podcast — 329 episodes

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1

DeFi Yields Are Too Damn Low! Here's Why

2

The $300M DeFi Bailout: Heroic or Unsustainable?

3

Should Arbitrum Have Frozen North Korea's Funds? Griff Green vs. Gabe Shapiro

4

Quantum Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than We Thought | Alex Pruden

5

Omer Goldberg: The DeFi Exploit That Exposed a Bigger Problem

6

How the DTCC is Tokenizing $100 Trillions in Assets | Tom Sullivan

7

Will Aave’s New Plan Change DeFi Forever? | Stani Kulechov Explains

8

Optimism Is Done With “Ethereum Alignment” — Users Come First

9

Did L2 Fragment Ethereum? - With Yuval Rooz, CEO of Digital Asset, Co-Founder of Canton

10

The Bitcoin Renaissance Legacy : Beyond Digital Gold Ep. 2

11

Why DAO Governance Always Turns Political

12

Robinhood’s Crypto Head Johann Kerbrat on Why Public Blockchains Will Win

13

Rebuilding Global Payments with Stablecoins | Circle & USDC with Nikhil Chandhok

14

Crypto’s Point of No Return: Institutions are Finally Here, with Brett Tejpaul

15

Why OG DeFi Failed | Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix

16

Ethereum is for Institutions: Danny Ryan Says Tokenization Isn't Enough

17

How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Global Payments | Borderless CPO Alex Garn

18

The Rise of the Fan Economy | Consumer Crypto | Avalanche Ecosystems Ep. 4

19

Uniswap is about to “turn on the switch.” with Hayden Adams

20

Ethereum’s “HTTP Moment” with Marissa Posner & Yoav Weiss

21

Becoming the "Institutions Chain" With Avalanche’s Morgan Krupetsky

22

Tokenize Everything: Robert Leshner’s Vision for On-Chain Finance

23

​​Is DYOR Dead? Building a Safer Web3 with Alex Katz

24

Avalanche DeFi: the Journey to Bring Institutions Onchain

25

Inside the PYUSD's takeover of PayPal with May Zabaneh, VP Crypto

26

Why Yat Siu Believes Altcoins Will Surpass Bitcoin

27

The AI CEO Era: Breaking Build Bottlenecks with Vibe Coding | Ahmad Shadid

28

How Avalanche is Tackling the Blockchain Trilemma

29

What Crypto VCs Want Now | Aryan Sheikhalian

30

Solana vs. Bitcoin: Why Pantera Capital is All In | Paul Veradittakit

31

Can Crypto Be Trusted? Ben Nadareski’s Answer to the Skeptics

32

StarkWare Bets on Becoming Bitcoin's Execution Layer, Not on Attracting Corporate Chains

33

$100 Million DeFi DAT Chooses ETH | Ryan Zurrer

34

Plasma’s Plan to Dethrone Tron | Paul Faecks

35

J.P. Morgan’s Nightmare: How Stablecoins Let You Be Your Own Bank | Reeve Collins

36

Solana’s Rise as a Treasury Powerhouse: DeFi Development Corp’s Bold Strategy

37

Bitcoin Mining’s Golden Age or Final Battle? Insights From Fakhul Miah

38

The Future of Finance is Tokenized: Ondo’s Vision for RWAs

39

Bridging the Gaps: Prabal Banerjee on Scalability, Interoperability, and the Future of DeFi

40

The $10 Trillion Question: Crypto's Biggest Cycle Yet with Ellio Trades

41

Interoperability and Innovation: How Decentraland is Shaping the Future of Virtual Worlds | Kim Currier

42

Filecoin’s Role in Decentralized AI and Data Sovereignty | Marta Belcher

43

Intention, Privacy, and Trust: Adrian Brink’s Vision for Resilient Communities

44

DeFi’s Dance with Fintech: Choreographing Tomorrow’s Finance with Paul Frambot

45

Bridging DeFi and TradFi: Niklas Kunkel on Chronicle Labs and the Future of Finance

46

Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential: Bitlayer's Vision for DeFi and Beyond

47

From Meme to Movement: Dogecoin's Next Chapter with Jordan Jefferson

48

Ethereum Turns 10: Joe Lubin on Revolutionizing the Global Economy

49

Spark (SPK): The DeFi Protocol Redefining Finance with Explosive Growth and Innovation

50

Stablecoins Redefined: How the Genius Act Impacts Cryptocurrency Exchanges | Biconomy.com

51

The Global Shift to Bitcoin: What It Means for the Future of Finance

52

How Lido is Redefining Ethereum Staking: Dual Governance, Liquid Staking, and the V3 Upgrade

53

Invisible Wallets and Decentralized Privacy: Georgi Koreli’s Vision for Web3

54

From Crisis to Comeback: How Euler Labs Survived a $200M Hack to Thrive in DeFi | Michael Bentley

55

Arbitrum Uncovered: Steven Goldfeder on Ethereum L2s, Rollups, and the Future of DeFi

56

Inside Kadena’s $50M Leap: Grant Program, Next-Gen Scalability & Insights from CEO Stuart Popejoy

57

Vlad Tenev on Robinhood’s Bold Move into Crypto, DeFi, and Ethereum L2s

58

20% Yield on Stablecoins Is Just the Beginning | Vikram Arun, Superform CEO

59

Emin Gün Sirer on Scaling Avalanche and Redefining Decentralization

60

Ethereum Staking ETFs: How They Could Transform Crypto Investing | Insights with Evan Weiss

61

Every Company Will Be a Crypto Company: Expert Insights with Sandy Kaul from Franklin Templeton

62

NFC Lisbon Recap: Art, Finance, and Digital Economies with Alex Estorick

63

Ethereum's Next Moves: Insights from Tomasz Stańczak and the Ethereum Foundation

64

Zero Knowledge Proofs: The Game-Changer for Digital Privacy You Need to Know, Featuring Rob Viglione

65

How Payroll, Stablecoins & Regulation Are Reshaping Global Economies | Megan Knab

66

AI Agents, Meme Coins, and a Better Future for Investing: Insights from Shaw Walters

67

The Fight for Digital Privacy Decentralized AI and the Future of Freedom with Patrick Amadon

68

Beyond the Hype: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Crypto with Gus Grillasca

69

Will Crypto ETFs Transform the Market? Expert Insights from Matt Hougan, Bitwise CIO

70

Insights on DePIN, Web3 Policy, and More | Amira Valliana from Solana Foundation

71

Dive Into Lending, Borrowing, and Real World Assets with Maple Finance: Sid Powell

72

Bringing Intellectual Property Onchain with Story Protocol | Jason Zhao

73

How Coinbase is Bridging Bitcoin to DeFi with New OnChain Lending | Will Robinson, VP of Engineering

74

Bill Barhydt: The Next Altcoin Season, $350K Bitcoin & The Future of DeFi Banking

75

Kain Warwick on Infinex, Synthetix, and the Future of DeFi UX and Stability

76

Court Overturns Tornado Cash Sanctions: What’s Next for Privacy? Preston Van Loon, Ethereum Core Dev

77

Sam Kazemian on FraxUSD and the Future of Stablecoins in Decentralized Finance

78

Magic Eden’s Vision: On-Chain Trading, $ME Token, and the Next Airdrop | Zhuoxun Yin, Co-Founder

79

Scroll's Path Forward Amid Airdrop Controversy: Sandy Peng on the Scroll Open Initiative

80

Robinhood Crypto's Roadmap: Johann Kerbrat on Expansion, Staking, and Blockchain Integration

81

How Lido is Making ETH Staking Easier and More Decentralized | Dimitry Gusakov, Community Staking

82

Deep Dive into Ethereum's Beam Chain: Exclusive Insights with Researcher Justin Drake

83

"‘By 2025, Ethereum Will Feel Like One Unified Network" | Hart Lambur

84

ZKsync 3.0: Elastic Chain and the Future of Scalable Web3 with Matter Labs’ Nana Murugesan

85

From Rock Bottom to Success: How Bitcoin Saved Dylan Kawalec's Life

86

Why Sui is Skyrocketing: Price Surge & Growing Ecosystem | Adeniyi Abiodun, Mysten Labs

87

Democratic Candidate John Avlon on Depolarizing Crypto Regulation and Building Bipartisan Support

88

Building The Web3 Super App: Jack Booth on TON's Path to Global Crypto Adoption

89

Redefining DeFi Lending: How Morpho Gives Users Control and Customization | Paul Frambot, Co-Founder

90

Building the Future of Ethereum: Joe Lubin on Consensys, Layer 2 Scaling, and Regulatory Challenges

91

Aerodrome Finance: Redefining AMMs on Base with Alexander Cutler

92

Latin America's Crypto Revolution | Ripio Co-Founder, Sebastian Serrano

93

Sustainable BTC Yield on Bitcoin | Dr. Redouane Elkamhi Discusses GOAT Network

94

Behind the Scenes of the Web3 Gaming Giant | Animoca Brands Co-Founder, Yat Siu

95

Why Building Bitcoin L2s Matter | Stacks Co-Founder Muneeb Ali

96

Disrupting The Status Quo: How io.net Challenges Big Tech's AI Dominance

97

Zerion Introduces New Layer 2 With Zero Fees | Evgeny Yurtaev

98

OG DeFi Pioneer Kain Warwick Aims To Transform Crypto UX With Infinex

99

The Superchain Thesis: Scaling Ethereum with Optimism - A Deep Dive with Benjamin Jones

100

The Most Rational View on Crypto with Noah Seidman, AKA Captain Rational

101

Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential: How Rootstock Uses EVM For Scalability

102

Bridging Web2 and Web3: Suji Yan on Mask Network's Vision

103

YGG's Guild Protocol, Onchain Reputation, And The Next Wave Of Web3 Gaming With Gabby Dizon

104

Robinhood's Big Bet on Crypto: Crypto GM Johann Kerbrat Explains

105

Revisiting Ripple: New Stablecoin, Airdrops, Network Attacks, and The SEC Case

106

Inside PayPal's Blockchain Strategy: Insights from the Head of Crypto

107

$100B in Digital Assets: Lukas Schor on Safe, $SAFE, Smart Accounts and Quantum Computing

108

BlackRock's BUIDL | Creating The Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund With Securitize

109

Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social

110

How Blockchains and Tokens Are Powering the Next Internet Revolution

111

Memecoins, Web3 Social Media, and the Evolution of Token Models with Li Jin

112

"Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze

113

Pendle Finance Deep Dive With Founder TN Lee

114

Reflecting on a Decade | Stellar's Evolution in 2024

115

Bridging East and West in Crypto | Erica Kang of KryptoSeoul

116

Funding the Future Onchain: Empowering Open Source & Public Goods with Gitcoin | Kevin Owocki & Meg Lister

117

Exploring the Ex-Apple Engineer Led Sui Network

118

How USDe Pays The Highest Stablecoin Yield | Ethena Founder & CEO Guy Young

119

The Ultimate Guide to Aptos (APT) in 2024 with Co-Founder Avery Ching

120

Polygon's Plan for a Simplified Blockchain Experience

121

Crypto's Most Dystopian Project? Worldcoin Deep Dive with Alex Blania

122

How Terra is Trying to Rise from its Ashes with Terraform Labs' New CEO Chris Amani

123

Deep Dive into Celestia (TIA) with CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam

124

The Real Impact of Bitcoin ETFs on Markets: Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan

125

Accidentally Airdropping $300 Million: NFT OG Jason Bailey

126

What is NEAR Protocol? | A Comprehensive Overview & Future Prospects

127

Deep Dive into Bitcoin with GOAT Jameson Lopp (TRIGGER WARNING FOR ETHEREUM COMMUNITY)

128

Becoming the Front Page of Finance: The Summer.fi Vision

129

How Paradigm Is Shifting The Crypto Policy Landscape | Policy Lab's Brendan Malone

130

DEX Aggregator Matcha Adds NEW Cross Chain Functionality

131

Seamless Crosschain Interactions with Connext: The HTTP of Web3

132

Why Is dYdX Ditching Ethereum?

133

Crypto has a major problem says MakerDAO Co-Founder

134

Vitalik Buterin | Ethereum's Past, Present, Future & Thoughts on Türkiye

135

The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin ETFs | Bloomberg Analyst Explains

136

The MOST Crypto Friendly Nation In Europe?

137

Ethereum Staking: Centralization Risk, Lido vs Rocket Pool, $RPL + $RETH Utility

138

Unlocking Trillions of Dollars with RWAs (Real World Assets)

139

"Layer 2s and AppChains Will Converge" : Aurora Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko

140

Blockchain Capital's Spencer Bogart on the Future of Crypto and DeFi

141

What is MetaMask Snaps? Main Functions & Features Explained

142

Deep Dive into MetaMask Snaps with Director of Product Erik Marks

143

Mainstream Brands Are Joining Web3 In The Bear Market

144

SEC Kills Stoner Cats' Buzz // friendtech Activity Surges

145

CFTC Cracks Down On DeFi

146

Exploring The State Of Solana With Anatoly Yakovenko

147

SEC Delays Bitcoin ETFs + Grayscale Ruling + Uniswap Class Action

148

Tether's CTO Explains Why USDT is Still Not Audited

149

Friend Tech: Turn Your Friends Into Revenue // Tornado Cash Update

150

Reimagining Work and Community: Unveiling the Cabin Lifestyle and Polycentric Governance

151

Everything You Need To Know About Liquid Staking & LSTfi

152

Base: Coinbase's New Layer 2 Kicks Off

153

PayPal launches stablecoin on Ethereum, Onchain Summer takes off, Fed updates

154

Revealing ONE Secret for Crypto Adoption: Art Blocks Founder Erick Calderon

155

WTF went down with Curve Finance?

156

Worldcoin goes Live, Bank of Italy taps Polygon, Avalanche asset tokenization

157

UniswapX, POL Token, MetaMask Snaps, Ripple Ruling

158

Red Pilling Institutions: Raising in the Bear Market and How CeFi implosions grew DeFi

159

Linea is a new ZK Rollup from Consensys - but how is it different from the others?

160

Learning Linea: zkEVM from Consensys + Arkham CEO shares intel

161

Ethereum is "Terrifyingly" Centralized but there's a way out, ether.fi founder says

162

What's Next for the Crypto Markets with Alex Krüger

163

How The World's First Web3 Company ConsenSys Is Catalyzing Ethereum’s Growth

164

Consensys Reveals A Global Crypto Awakening

165

Wall Street Veteran Explains How US Regulators Are Protecting Incumbents

166

Uniswap V4 Deep Dive with Head of Protocols Sara Reynolds

167

The Key to Crypto's Mass Adoption? Coinbase Says it's Wallet as a Service

168

Ethereum Layer 2 Battle: Matter Labs CEO Explains Why He Thinks ZK-Rollups Will Win

169

How Arbitrum is Scaling Ethereum, Layer 2 Challenges, Governance Scandal and ZK Threats

170

Bitcoin NFTs (Ordinals) are going crazy, LST Summer, Moonbirds Drama

171

Ethereum's "Systemic Risk", PulseChain, Solana AI, Multichain issue, Tornado Cash

172

Goldfinch Founders Talk Triple-Digit Growth and UX Upgrades in DeFi

173

Chainlink Challenged: Competition Emerges for LinkMarines

174

✨Special Guest: Ian Rogers discusses Ledger Recover. EU's MiCA, Tether Buys BTC, SEC Pushes Back

175

Polygon Co-Founder Mihailo Bjelic: Exploring Layer 3's, zkEVM, and NFL, Starbucks, Disney, Reddit, Adidas Partnerships

176

Blockchain Detective Taylor Monahan Explains $10M Hack and How to Stay Safe in Crypto

177

Binance Lists $PEPE, Coinbase International, takeaways from the Fed meeting

178

From AWS to Aave & Lens Protocol: Nader Dabit Explains Web 3 Social Media

179

Ethereum Name Service: Nick Johnson's Journey from Google to Ethereum, ENS Roadmap, and Cancel Culture

180

Bringing Institutions and Businesses to DeFi: Maple Finance's Sidney Powell

181

The AI/Web3 Intersection Will be Mindblowing: Push's Rajat

182

Will the crypto market rally continue?

183

Should we ignore the Binance FUD?

184

KZG Ceremony Duo Summons The Ethereum Road Map

185

✊ Coinbase is ready to fight the SEC

186

Dan Finlay Explains How MetaMask Will Become The Google of Web3

187

Arbitrum Airdrop Is Confirmed!

188

How To Decentralize a Fortune 500 Company

189

Why Is The Crypto Market Dumping?!

190

Everything You Need To Know About Eigen Layer with Sreeram Kannan

191

Unstoppable Domains' Matthew Gould Unpacks Digital Identity in Web3

192

110 Million Users Going On-chain With BASE

193

Synthetix, DeFi Summer 2, FTX, 3AC and Crystal Meth with Crypto OG Kain Warwick

194

DeFi, Fantom, Regulations, and the Challenges Of Being a Crypto Celebrity with Andre Cronje

195

Are Stablecoins Securities?

196

Kraken Shuts Crypto Staking?!

197

Tekin Salimi on Managing $125M Through A DAO

198

An Inside look into Solana After FTX's Collapse

199

Yorke Rhodes Explains How Microsoft Is Leveraging Blockchain

200

Weekly Recap: SBF Walks Free On $250M Bond

201

Notorious Threadooor Adam Cochran Explains Crypto Shopping and Shorting List

202

Weekly Recap: SBF Arrested; CZ Under Investigation

203

BitGo's Mike Belshe on What's Next for WBTC & Crypto Custodians

204

Weekly Recap: SBF Willing To Testify Before Congress

205

Arweave's Sam Williams on Storing Files On-Chain for Eternity

206

Weekly Recap: SBF's Publicity Tour

207

Filecoin's Juan Benet on Upgrading the Heart of The Internet with Blockchains

208

Weekly Recap: Metamask is Tracking You

209

Saga's Bogdan Alexandrescu on Making Web3 More Accessible to Builders

210

FTX Fallout's Ugliest Turn Yet

211

Onyx's Tyrone Lobban Takes Us Behind the Scenes of JP Morgan's First DeFi Trade

212

The Fall of FTX - Everything We Know So Far

213

Polygon's Hamzah Khan Wants to Make DeFi More Accessible Than Running Water

214

🎙️Offchain Labs' A.J. Warner on Making Arbitrum the Leading Layer 2 Scaling Solution for Ethereum

215

Delphi Labs' Gabriel Shapiro on How 100% of DeFi Could Become Illegal

216

a16z's Ali Yahya Says We’ve Entered The Golden Era Of Blockchain Applications

217

🎙️Friends with Benefits' Alex Zhang on Building Web3 Communities That Endure

218

Wintermute's David Micley Says Institutional Investors Are Here To Stay

219

Starkware Founders: Ethereum Could Surpass Visa's Transaction Speeds Within Months

220

ConsenSys' Ben Edgington On The Future Of Ethereum After The Merge

221

Liquity's Robert Lauko On Censorship And Building A Fully Decentralized Stablecoin

222

🎙 Stani Kulechov on Building a Social Network for Web3 so Users are Not the Product

223

Zcash's Zooko Says Crypto Users Must Have The Choice To Transact Privately

224

Jake Chervinsky on Tornado Cash Sanctions: The Rightful Outrage and the Need to Further Decentralize DeFi

225

0x's Will Warren On The Future Of DEXs And The Impact Of MEV

226

UMA's Hart Lambur Says The Current Market Crisis Is A Sales Pitch For DeFi

227

Justin Drake on How The Merge Helps Make Ethereum the Settlement Layer of the Internet

228

Tezos Co-Founder Arthur Breitman Looks Forward To No-hype Crypto Shining Through

229

Ex SushiSwap CTOJoseph Delong on Why DAOs Fail

230

Hasu: Lido's Staked ETH Poses No Systemic Risk to DeFi

231

Gmoney on the NFT Projects That Will Make it Through the Bear

232

Mati Greenspan: Only Those Who Are Well Funded or Most Committed Will Make it Through the Bear

233

The Fabricant Co-Founder: NFT Fashion Blurs Lines Between Creators and Consumers and Both Share the Upside

234

Yoni Assia on the Rise of Active Trading in a Blockchain-Based World and Building a 27M-User App

235

Terra Post Mortem and Future with Kevin Zhou, One of the Few Investors Who Predicted the Crash

236

Buenos Aires City Innovation Chief Talks Crypto Tax Payments and How Web3 will Revolutionize Democracy

237

BoredElonMusk Talks Crypto Gaming and Growing a Twitter Following to the Millions

238

Prominent Academic Fabian Schär Says Crypto Regulation Should Happen Only at On/Off-Ramps and Ditch Consumer Protection

239

Jill Gunter Talks Crypto's Role in Emerging Markets and Building Scaling Solution Espresso Systems

240

Making Magic - A Defiant Love Story with Robin Schmidt & Alp Gasimov

241

Cosmos Co-Founder Ethan Buchman on Building an Internet of Sovereign Blockchains

242

🎙 Blockchange Ventures' Ken Seiff: Betting on Crypto's Base Layer and a Multi-Chain Future

243

Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki on Fueling Public Goods Funding for the Ethereum Nation

244

Fabian Vogelsteller, father of the ERC20 Standard, on the Shift from Blockchain Addresses to Social Profiles with Lukso

245

Laura Shin on Solving Ethereum's Greatest Mystery with Her New Book, The Cryptopians

246

Polkadot's Gavin Wood on Building a Layer 0 to Underpin the Entire Blockchain-Based Economy

247

Sovryn's Edan Yago on Building Bitcoin DeFi; Slower Growth But Strongest Foundation

248

Vitalik Buterin on Building a Base Layer for the Global Economy Without Compromising on Decentralization

249

Giveth's Griff Green: Super-Charging Public Goods and Charity With Crypto

250

AVAX's Emin Gun Sirer Says Blockchains Should be Scalable at Their Core; Layer 2s Mean Giving Up

251

Synthetix's Kain Warwick: What it Takes to Scale an Ethereum DeFi Protocol

252

Behind the Scenes of The Defiant with Robin and Camila

253

Nick Johnson of ENS: "We Want to be the Naming System for Every Digital Resource in the World"

254

Geoff Cook on Building a Crypto Name: "The Strongest Brands Compete on Emotion"

255

Nadya of Pussy Riot: "We Can Be Truly Unstoppable if We Combine Our Ideals With Tools that Crypto Provides"

256

Zeneca: "The Market is Fed Up With the Same Sorts of NFT Projects and There's a Flight to Gaming NFTs"

257

Eric Wall of Arcane Assets: "Bitcoiners Protect BTC Against 'Shitcoinism' But They're Also Keeping it From Valid Technical Ideas"

258

🎙 Scoopy Trooples of Alchemix: "Liquidity Mining is Like a Drug; You Have to Wean Yourself Off Over Time"

259

Braintrust's Adam Jackson: “Nike is in Crypto Now and They May Not be Fully Aware”

260

"NFTs Gave Me a Sense of Security and Economic Stability I Never Felt Before:" WoW Creator Yam Karkai

261

"Wall Street Bets Taught Me to Have Faith in the Collective Intelligence:" WSB Founder Jaime Rogozinski

262

"ETH and most DeFi is Trading Cheaper Than Web2 and With Better Growth:” VanEck's Matthew Sigel

263

"There's Going to Be a DeFi Universe Geared Towards Non-Fungible Assets:" NFTfi's Stephen Young

264

"NFTs are Giving Way to The First Art Revolution Since the Internet:" SuperRare's John Crain

265

"I Realized We Could Scale Play-to-Earn to Impact Thousands, Hopefully Millions of Lives:" YGG's Gabby Dizon

266

"There's Been a Zero-to-One Switch for Institutions and Crypto:" Pantera's Dan Morehead

267

"There is No Political Voice to the Millions of Crypto Users in the US:" Ryan Selkis

268

"We're Not Really at an Inflection Point Yet:" OpenSea's Nate Chastain

269

"We Get to Tell Future Pixar Animators They Can Quit Their Jobs and Come Build With NFTs:" Stoner Cats Team

270

"I'm Not an Enemy of DeFi; I Want People to Know About Anything That Goes Against DeFi as a Tool for Financial Liberty:" Chris Blec

271

“The Biggest, Clearest Bet of All is Ethereum:" Raoul Pal

272

"It's Almost Like EIP-1559 Fixes an Economic Bug in Ethereum; More Usage Can Now Capture More Value:" Tim Beiko

273

"V3 is Winding Back a Bit of the Uniswap Revolution; It's Going to be Very Influential:" Dan Robinson

274

"There Will be Billion-Dollar Communities on the Internet:” Jess Sloss

275

"VCs Typically Treat Community as an Afterthought; That's Wrong:" Soona Amhaz

276

"Having Legal Tender in a Currency You Cannot Control Means You Cannot Print Problems Away:" Mariano Conti

277

"Everyone Can be Rich in Crypto; There are no Divine Rights:" Terry Crews

278

"The Bull Market is Intact for the Next 10 to 20 Years; We are in a Secular Shift:" Arca's Jeff Dorman

279

"Blockchains are Adding Property Rights to the Internet:" Kayvon Tehranian

280

"Ethereum is About Six Months Away from Proof-of-Stake:" Preston Van Loon

281

"Identity is The One Vulnerability Being Exploited Across All Systems. It’s the Mother of All Battles:" Santiago Siri

282

"We Said Let's Start With Uniswap and See What We Can Unbundle:" Pranay Mohan of Hashflow

283

"We're Lifting Barriers For Outside Users; If You Allocate Capital in a Vacuum, It's Kind of Meaningless:" Terra's Do Kwon

284

"It's Not About Fighting for People Already in DeFi, But About Bringing More People In:" SushiSwap's 0xMaki

285

"Collector DAOs Are Going to be a Game-Changer For The NFT Space:" pplpleasr

286

"I Try to Tell People About DeFi; It Will Come Here and Completely Flatten You:" Jim Bianco

287

"People Are Seeing The Writing on The Wall; DEXs Will Rule Crypto:" dYdX's Antonio Juliano

288

"I Don't Think We're in a Bubble. We Had a Bubble in ‘17; Now We're in a Movement:" Mike Novogratz

289

"We Were Idiots and We Were Poor; Then From Mid 2020 to Now, Suddenly, We're Right: " Ameen Soleimani

290

"We Haven't Seen Anything Yet, So Hold Your Long-Term Bag:" Qiao Wang

291

Mark Cuban: "ETH Has an Advantage Over BTC as a Store of Value"

292

"For the First Time, You Can Buy a Piece of the Art, and a Piece of the Gallery:" MetaKovan

293

Crypto Devs Are "Building a Life Raft For The World After Fiat Falls Apart:" Erik Voorhees

294

"I'm Imagining a World Where Every Song Has an Investable Layer:" DJ 3LAU

295

"I'm a Strong Believer in Blockchain; This is Just the Beginning:" Atari CEO Fred Chesnias

296

"Bitcoin is the Most Honest Form of Money We've Ever Had:" Robert Sharratt of CrescoFin

297

"We Took Lessons From the Food Festival to Level Up the DeFi Experience," Bloq's Jeff Garzik

298

"The Only Thing Where I Probably Agree With Arca is That GNO is Under-appreciated:" Gnosis' Stefan George

299

"This Boom Feels Organic; Traffic's Not Coming Out of The Blue Like With ICOs in 2017:" Infura's EG Galano

300

"You Can Wake Up With an Idea for a Fund and Deploy it in Minutes:" Melon's Mona El Isa

301

"I Do Believe Ethereum Will Flip Bitcoin in the Next Four Years:” Balancer's Fernando Martinelli

302

"When Incentives Are Gone, What's Left? DeFi Gets Mixed Marks:" Sam Bankman-Fried

303

"We've Been Creating Value for Instagram and TikTok With Very Little Actually Accruing to Us:" Trevor McFedries

304

"I'm Not Super Bullish on DeFi. We're Using This Tech to Enrich a Small Group of People:" James Prestwich

305

"Privacy Might be the Only Thing Left That Makes Web 3.0 a Viable Alternative:" Tor Bair of Secret Foundation

306

"Fintech Can Be a 1.5 Bridge Into 2.0 DeFi:" 11:FS Co-Founder Simon Taylor

307

"Fair Launch is a New Way for Founders to Express Themselves:" Gavin McDermott of IDEO CoLab

308

"It Was Exciting But it Was Also Terrifying:" Dan Elitzer and Clinton Bembry on Yam Finance's Backstory

309

"After DeFi, it’s NFTs and DAOs. We're Gathering Tinder:" Jihoz of Axie Infinity

310

"It Turns Out Music Does Have Value. We've Been Pricing It Incorrectly For 20 Years:" RAC

311

"What We're Building is Very Big and We Should Have The Least Concentration Possible:" Aave's Stani Kulechov

312

"It's not just about money; it's touching a very primal desire to connect with others:" ParaFi's Santiago Roel

313

"People Want me to be Popular, Not Necessarily Successful; That's the Trick with Personal Tokens:" Alex Masmej

314

"In DeFi My Money is Actually Mine. It's a Beautiful Concept But it Comes With Responsibilities:" Andre Cronje

315

"We're at the Early Stages of a Truly Novel Structure That can Organize Humans and Money:" Olaf Carlson-Wee

316

"Developers Will Wake Up to the Fact That There's a Toolkit to Build Full-Fledged Customized Chains:" Acala's Bette Chen

317

"Things Tend to Get Better. For Anyone Involved in Crypto, It's Obvious That This is 1,000x Better," 1kx's Lasse Clausen

318

"Basic Financial Services is a 21st-Century Fundamental Human Need:" OMG Network's Vansa Chatikavanij

319

"All the Dizzying Ways People are Farming Yield is Proof of DeFi Composability's Success:" Ampleforth CTO

320

DEX Progress to be a "Landmark Event" Over the Summer: Framework Ventures

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"The World is Crying for the Tech We're Building But We're Nowhere Near Ready:" Aragon's Luis Cuende

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"There's the Opportunity to Make Really Complex Financial Instruments More Accessible”: Opyn's Alexis Gauba

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Blockchain Devs Are Neglecting Data-Related Risks, Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov Says

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Winklevoss Twins Say Stablecoins Are Still Missing Their "Facebook Moment"

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Anyone Can Create Their Own ETF and Get Paid for It; This Wasn't Possible Before

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Blockchains are an Extinction-Level Event: Emin Gun Sirer

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Crypto Was Made for Crises: MEW's Kosala Hemachandra

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Decentralized Money Shouldn't be Traded on Centralized Exchanges: Loopring Founder Daniel Wang

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MakerDAO Founder Rune Christensen On DeFi's Biggest Test Yet